By Shelby Lohrman, Director at American Chess Equipment As all of you should know by now, we here at American Chess Equipment and Wood Expressions are always striving to bring you, our customers, the best products on the market. If that product is not on the market, we will do our best to make it …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin As we expand our partnerships with more companies, schools and individual clients, we find it is more important than ever to give back to the community. These are the four primary ways we do that: 1) Virtual Fundraisers We donate 1-hour virtual group lessons for students of all ages and …
By National Expert Andre Harding For over 20 years I competed in chess tournaments. I was at my best playing in environments that put me in a positive frame of mind — venues I liked to spend time in, among people I wanted to be around. I chose my events carefully to maximize my enjoyment …
Here are some of the reasons why seniors should learn chess: 1) Chess keeps one’s mind sharp as it is mentally stimulating. 2) Chess helps relieves stress. 3) There is some research that shows chess lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. We have a great senior class as part of our Winter Virtual Group Classes. …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin As we enjoy teaching students aged 3-100+ in school programs, corporate classes, virtual group classes, private lessons and more, we meet lots of great types of people and organizations. The 90+ organizations that we’ve partnered with so far range from Grace Church School to the law firm …
By Candidate Master Danilo Cuellar, Premier Chess Rockland County Instructor and Founder of Danilovich Chess Here’s the list of my recommended chess related documentaries and movies. These films are free on Amazon Prime: Magnus This film is called “Magnus”. It came out in 2016. It’s a documentary style film about the life of child prodigy, …
By Kenny Tan, Founder of Kenny Tan Test Prep Taking standardized tests is a lot like playing chess. There are usually multiple ways to win. Just as there’s no perfect strategy in chess, there’s no perfect strategy for standardized tests. It varies based on individual personalities. We use process of elimination. Chess players consider the …
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By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin World Champion Magnus Carlsen astonishingly played 125 classical games over the last 2 years without a loss…. until he Duda defeated him in the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament last Saturday. The game made it to widespread press as per this CNN article. Here are some educational notes …
By Viviana Premazzi, Founder of Global Mindset Development ,Eliana Zuliani, Giulia Cianciulli and Enrico Bertolaso We help organizations to work effectively across cultures. We help people to learn cross-cultural communication and negotiation strategies and to develop competencies to lead and work in an intercultural team. Moreover, we mentor companies during the internationalization process, helping them …
by Michael Whitehouse, The Guy Who Knows A Guy I am a very simple chess player. I learned one axiom to guide my strategy, and it doesn’t win many tournaments, but it has worked very well in life and business. Even a little chess can make a big difference in life. My axiom is that …
